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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Arun District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
11,142 approved · 1,425 refused · 635 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jul 2005 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land North of Sefter Road & 80 Rose Green Road Pagham
Received 31 Mar 202119-21 Sea Road East Preston BN16 1JN
Received 16 Sept 2026Thyme Cottage 27 The Street Rustington West Sussex BN16 3PA
Received 1 Jul 202052 Aldwick Avenue Aldwick PO21 3AQ
Received 2 Oct 202010a Kingsmead Felpham West Sussex PO22 7BE
Received 14 Aug 201821 Culver Road FELPHAM PO22 7EF
Received 14 Dec 2017Land North of Water Lane Angmering
Received 21 Apr 202610 Brazwick Avenue Bersted PO21 5DZ
Received 12 Dec 202119 Elm Drive Elmer Middleton-On-Sea PO22 6JE
Received 1 Dec 2021St Marys Church Felpham Road Felpham PO22 7NU
Received 25 Sept 2018Forge House Nyton Road Westergate PO20 3UP
Received 4 May 202036 The Parkway Rustington BN16 2BU
Received 21 Mar 201996 Golden Avenue Kingston BN16 1QT
Received 29 Apr 2020Climping College, The Mill Climping Street Climping BN17 5RN
Received 23 Jul 2020Strawberry Cottage Cypress Way Aldwick PO21 4DF
Received 9 Oct 201912 Warwick Place Felpham PO22 7PX
Received 19 Oct 2021Arunbrook House The Causeway Arundel
Received 7 Sept 20174 Lauren Gardens Bognor Regis PO22 8EQ
Received 13 Jun 2019Asda Stores Limited Littlehampton Road Ferring BN12 6PN
Received 30 Nov 2018Sonning House Phase 4 Bersted Park (Site 6) North Bersted PO21 5EW
Received 10 Aug 2017Hacienda 6 Arun Way Aldwick PO21 4HF
Received 25 Apr 2019South Point 1 Beehive Lane Ferring BN12 5NL
Received 15 Mar 2019Woodgate Farm Westergate Street Westergate Aldingbourne PO20 3SS
Received 3 May 2017Anchors Cast 2 Fosters Close Rustington BN16 2TL
Received 26 Jan 2021Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Arun District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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